Virgibacillus
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Virgibacillus is a genus of Gram-positive, spore-forming, often halophilic bacteria commonly found in saline and alkaline environments.
All labels observed (15)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11607671 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Virgibacillus Context triple: [Bacillaceae, includesGenus, Virgibacillus]
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A.
Oceanobacillus
Oceanobacillus is a genus of Gram-positive, rod-shaped, often halophilic bacteria commonly found in marine and saline environments.
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B.
Wolinella
Wolinella is a genus of anaerobic, Gram-negative bacteria known for inhabiting animal gastrointestinal tracts and participating in hydrogen-based syntrophic relationships.
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C.
Sulfurospirillum
Sulfurospirillum is a genus of spiral-shaped, sulfur-reducing bacteria commonly found in anaerobic aquatic and sediment environments.
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D.
Bacillaceae
Bacillaceae is a family of Gram-positive, rod-shaped, endospore-forming bacteria that includes medically and environmentally significant genera such as Bacillus.
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E.
Bacillus
Bacillus is a genus of rod-shaped, endospore-forming bacteria that includes both harmless environmental species and notable pathogens such as Bacillus anthracis.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Virgibacillus Target entity description: Virgibacillus is a genus of Gram-positive, spore-forming, often halophilic bacteria commonly found in saline and alkaline environments.
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A.
Oceanobacillus
Oceanobacillus is a genus of Gram-positive, rod-shaped, often halophilic bacteria commonly found in marine and saline environments.
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B.
Wolinella
Wolinella is a genus of anaerobic, Gram-negative bacteria known for inhabiting animal gastrointestinal tracts and participating in hydrogen-based syntrophic relationships.
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C.
Sulfurospirillum
Sulfurospirillum is a genus of spiral-shaped, sulfur-reducing bacteria commonly found in anaerobic aquatic and sediment environments.
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D.
Bacillaceae
Bacillaceae is a family of Gram-positive, rod-shaped, endospore-forming bacteria that includes medically and environmentally significant genera such as Bacillus.
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E.
Bacillus
Bacillus is a genus of rod-shaped, endospore-forming bacteria that includes both harmless environmental species and notable pathogens such as Bacillus anthracis.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bacterial genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| belongsToGroup | endospore-forming bacteria ⓘ |
| cellShape | rod-shaped ⓘ |
| cellWallComponent | peptidoglycan ⓘ |
| class |
Bacilli
ⓘ
linked to:
Bacillales
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| describedBy | Heyndrickx et al. ⓘ |
| domain | Bacteria ⓘ |
| environment |
alkaline environments
ⓘ
marine environments ⓘ saline environments ⓘ salt lakes ⓘ salterns ⓘ |
| family | Bacillaceae ⓘ |
| foundIn |
fermented foods
ⓘ
food products ⓘ soil ⓘ |
| gramStain | Gram-positive ⓘ |
| halophilic | often halophilic ⓘ |
| hasSpecies |
Virgibacillus alimentarius
ⓘ
linked to:
Virgibacillus
Virgibacillus carmonensis ⓘ
linked to:
Virgibacillus
Virgibacillus chiguensis ⓘ
linked to:
Virgibacillus
Virgibacillus dokdonensis ⓘ
linked to:
Virgibacillus
Virgibacillus halodenitrificans ⓘ
linked to:
Virgibacillus
Virgibacillus kekensis ⓘ
linked to:
Virgibacillus
Virgibacillus koreensis ⓘ
linked to:
Virgibacillus
Virgibacillus marismortui ⓘ
linked to:
Virgibacillus
Virgibacillus necropolis ⓘ
linked to:
Virgibacillus
Virgibacillus olivae ⓘ
linked to:
Virgibacillus
Virgibacillus pantothenticus ⓘ
linked to:
Virgibacillus
Virgibacillus proomii ⓘ
linked to:
Virgibacillus
Virgibacillus salinus ⓘ
linked to:
Virgibacillus
Virgibacillus subterraneus ⓘ
linked to:
Virgibacillus
|
| metabolism | chemoorganotrophic ⓘ |
| motility | motile ⓘ |
| order | Bacillales ⓘ |
| oxygenRequirement | aerobic ⓘ |
| parentTaxon | Bacillaceae ⓘ |
| phylum | Firmicutes ⓘ |
| reproduction | binary fission ⓘ |
| saltTolerance | moderately halophilic ⓘ |
| sporeForming | true ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| typeSpecies |
Virgibacillus pantothenticus
ⓘ
linked to:
Virgibacillus
|
| usedIn |
bioremediation of saline environments
ⓘ
biotechnological applications ⓘ enzyme production ⓘ |
| yearDescribed | 1998 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Virgibacillus Description of subject: Virgibacillus is a genus of Gram-positive, spore-forming, often halophilic bacteria commonly found in saline and alkaline environments.
Referenced by (17)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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